Fan TutorialPSP X9This tutorial was originally created March 15th 2002©Copyright Artwork by EssexGirl it was written using PSP7, it has been rewritten using PSP X9 17th July 2017 please do not copy it, or put it anywhere else without my written permission.
Filters and programs used in this tutorial :-
Materials :- Some images have been made smaller to shorten file size |
Screen sizes are much larger now than when this tutorial was first
Step 1.
if you are new to sinedots and don't know how to open
Don't click OK yet. The preset that I used in this tutorial has the blend Then Click the OK button |
Step 2.
Make the bottom layer (Raster 1) active and flood fill with black,
Go to View...Grid...
Using the Mover Tool move the sinedots image so that it is approximately The grid isn't needed any more, so go to View...and untick the grid |
Step 3. |
Step 4.
There are lots of ways you can change the colour, so feel free to This screenshot is from pspX other versions will be similar
Activate the Flood Fill Tool
On your materials palette make the foreground a colour, or gradient
Click the padlock on the layers palette to unlock the |
Step 5.
Go to Layers...Duplicate...10 times
Next we will rotate the layers.
Image...Free Rotate...
(copy (10) of Raster 2) - Direction = Right, Degrees = 90
Make the top layer (copy (10) of Raster 2) active again and working
Effects...3D effects...Drop Shadow...
If you have recorded this step Click the 'Save Script Recording' |
Step 6.
As a variation you can change the colours on some of the panels in your fan.
On each of the following layers lock the transparency of the layer, put the flood fill |
Step 7a.
With the Magic Wand and using these settings
click on the blank area outside of your sinedots image.
Add a new layer ... Layers ... Arrange ... Send to Bottom Select None |
Step 7b.
Make the top layer active
The start and end of your line will depend on the shape of the
Go to Layers...Convert to Raster...
Apply the a drop shadow with the same settings used for the |
Step 8.
Go to Layers...Convert to Raster Layer
Apply an Inner Bevel and Drop Shadow to the cords,
Hide the background layer by clicking the eye for |
Step 9. Go to Image...Crop to Selection
If you want to change the background, make that the active layer.
Depending on how dark your background is, you might want to add |
Step 10.
Go to Image...Add borders...add a symetrical border of 8 in white. |
You can get many variations by changing the colours or using different presets
In the example below I used the same sinedots preset, but I appled a SuperBladePro
For the next example I used a different sinedots preset and I placed the sinedots |
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